Necktie-fastener.



No. 787,680. PAT-ENTED APR. 18, 1905.v

CA KOLSHORN.

NEGKTIE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY I5. 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented .April 18, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE,

NECKTlE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 787,680, dated April 18, 1905.

Application filed July 15, 1904. Serial No. 216,749.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES KoLsHoRN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Savannah, in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia, have invented a certain new and useful N ecktie-Fastener, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

r This invention relates to necktie-fasteners, the object of the invention being to provide a device especially designed for fastening the neckband of a tie to prevent the same from shifting upon a collar around which it passes.

The tendency of a necktie is to shift upward or downward or sidewi'se; and the object of the present invention is to provide a simple fastening device which will overcome the objection referred to and by means of which the neckband of a tie may be connected with the collar-button, so as to be held from riding upward or downward on ,the tie. The construction hereinafter described also obviates longitudinal or side movement of the neckband by providing a close and uniform adjustment or fitting of the band around the collar, thus causing said band to cling or frictionally adhere at all points to the collar, the clinging or adhering effect being sufficient to prevent the sidewise or longitudinal movement of the band when properly adjusted.

A further object of the invention is to provide a fastening device of such character and flexibility that it will adapt the tie to which it is applied to be used with equally good effect on collars of different sizes. Furthermore, the fastening device is adapted to be constructed of the same material as the tie, or

similar material, thus rendering the fastening device exceedingly cheap and adapting the same to be manufactured at the same time with the tie, although it will be apparent as the description proceeds that any materialfor example, metal-may be used in the manufacture of the fastening device. t

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as herein fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a necktie, showing the fastening device applied to the neckband thereof. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevationgof a portion of the neckband, showing a modified form of fastener embodying the same principle. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing another modification of the fastener, which, however, embodies the/same principle.

Like reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in all figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a' necktie of ordinary form provided with the usual neckband 2, by means of which it is secured around the collar.

' The fastening device contemplated in this invention consists, essentially, of what may be broadly termed a sliding7 buttonhole, or, in other words, a slide (shown at 4:) provided with a buttonhole 5 and mounted so that it can be moved within certain limits lengthwise of the neckband 2 for the purpose of bringing the buttonhole to a point where it will register with and receive and engage the rear collar-button. Under the preferred embodiment of this invention the slide 4 is mounted so that it may be adjusted or moved lengthwise of the neckband on one or more tapes or stays 3, the latter being terminally attached or secured to theinner surface of the neckband, as shown in Fig. 1, and extending side by side throughout their length. The slide 4 preferably consists of a loop of flexible material, such as fabric, which is folded around the stay or stays 3 and preferably stitched along substantially parallel lines, as shown at'6, to provide separate ways, hems, or loops through which the stays 3 pass and by means of which the stays are held away from each other and prevented from interfering with the buttonhole 5. The slide or loop 4 may be composed of the same fabric or material as the tie or the neckband or may be manufactured of any other material-such,

for example, as metal. Instead of forming the slide of a single piece or loop said slide may consist of a plurality of loops, as shown at 7 in Fig. 2, both loops bearing the same relation to the stays 3 and being connected together for simultaneous movement in either IOO direction by means of strands or ties 8, the space between the loops 7 and the stays 3 or the ties or strands 8 forming the buttonhole in which the rear `collar-button is received.

The simplest form of fastening device is illustrated in Fig. 3, in which the slide shown at 10 consists of a single loop which passes entirely around the neckband 2 and is provided in its inner side with a buttonhole 11, adapted to receive the rear collar-button.

In adjusting the tie around the collar the sliding buttonhole is adjusted lengthwise of the neckband until it is brought into proper position to receive the rear collar-button, after which the end of the neckband is secured to the necktie-body in the usual manner. Not only does the slide prevent the riding of the neckband up or down on the collar, but by reason of its ability to slide and adjust itself on the neekband the neckband is permitted to adjust itself snugly and closely to the collar, and in this way the neckband clings or adheres closely to and around the collar, obviating the tendency for said neckband to move lengthwise.

It is within the scope of this invention to attach the fastening device to any part of the neckband and to make the tapes or stays ofv any desired length. It is also obvious that changes may be made in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. The combination with the band of a necktie, of a rear-button connection or fastener consisting of a iexible slide mounted on and adapted to slide lengthwise of the band and having-a buttonhole to receive the rear collarbutton carried by the shirt.

2. The combination with the band of a necktie, of a fastener consisting of flexible endless sleeves mounted to slide lengthwise of the band and connected for simultaneous movement, the interval between the sleeves forming a buttonhole.

3. A fastening device for neckties and the like, embodying tapes or stays arranged side by side and terminally attached to the neckband of the tie, and a slide movable on said tapes and adapted to engage the collar-button.

ln testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES KOLSHORN.

W'itnesses:

HENRY F. Wiel-Ins, B. C. HARRIS. 

